It seems like everyone wants to REDUCE CHOLESTEROL. There are some great natural ways to do this, but everyone is unique – so what works for one, may not work for another. Cholesterol is necessary for many body functions, meaning that you don’t want to reduce it completely, but you don’t want unhealthy levels either.

DIET is the best place to start. Eliminate foods full of unhealthy transfatty acids and hydrogenated oils which tend to increase cholesterol.

HIGH CHOLESTEROL and HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES are symptos of either insulin resistance or diabete. This means you are eating too much sugar or too many refined carbohydrates. A great way to bring both triglycerides and cholesterol down is to balance your diet and take a multi-vitamin for blood sugar control (I recommend one called Gluco Balance) along with a good quality omega 3 oil.

IMPROVING ELIMINATION is one of the best ways to lower cholesterol. Constipation or slow transit time through the digestive tract will cause cholesterol to be reabsorbed rather than eliminated. Adding fiber to the diet will absorb the cholesterol, encourage more regular elimination, and lower cholesterol. Oat fiber is advertised as being cholesterol lowering, but other forms of fiber such as psyllium will work as well.

Poor LIVER or GALLBLADDER function can lead to high cholesterol levels. A liver cleanse can be helpful since it helps the liver break down and eliminate cholesterol. I have seen good results with a product called Beta TCP and also with lecithin.

If you really don’t know why your cholesterol is high, but want to do SOMETHING NATURAL, a good step is to do an herbal cleanse for the whole body. The one I recommend is a 30 day program that includes herbs, fiber and omega 3 oil. Customers have brought cholesterol down 20-40 points using this cleanse.

There are many NATURAL PRODUCTS that will help keep cholesterol levels healthy. Some of the best known are red yeast rice, niacin, lecithin, chlorella and garlic. But there are others such as policosanol. Studies show that policosanol can lower total cholesterol 17 to 20 percent with “bad’ LDL cholesterol reductions of 15 to 25 percent and “good” HDL cholesterol increases of 18 to 20 percent. A companion product to policosanol isphytosterols which has been shown in studies to reduce cholesterol an average of 10 percent in total cholesterol and 13 percent in LDL cholesterol. Both policosanol and phytosterols are often included in cholesterol lowering programs since they enhance the effect of both prescription and nonprescription treatments for lowering cholesterol. Our customers report favorable results using a product called CholestRice – a blend of red yeast rice, Co Q-10, policosanol and phytosterols.

Remember that high cholesterol is a response to an imbalance in the body – FIX the IMBALANCE and you will be healthier all over.

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Margaret Durst has been involved with natural health for over 20 years. In her early 30s, she was faced with a medical diagnosis that recommended a lifetime of prescription drugs. In her heart, she knew that there must be an alternative way to healing and health and thus began her journey into natural health.
Along the way, Margaret has trained with many different natural health practitioners and earned a degree in Naturopathy. She established her nutritional consulting practice and opened The Green House in 2003 to enable her mission of helping people navigate the natural health maze.
People have praised Margaret for intuitive ability to help people address their health issues and goals with diet and lifestyle choices and successfully take responsibility for their health and wellbeing. This comes from Margaret’s deeply held beliefs in the body’s innate ability to heal and in the tools nature provides for health and healing.

Cholesterol is a necessary part of our being. People with high cholesterol live longer than those who have low numbers. It’s a fact. Unless you are dealing with familial hypercholesterolemia, you have nothing to fear and everything to gain by having fairly high cholesterol numbers between 200 and 250 is quite normal and healthy.

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